“The Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure buried in a field; which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field.” “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant searching for fine pearls. When he finds a pearl of great price, he goes and sells all he has and buys it.” In
Jesus compares the Kingdom of Heaven to a field in which the master has sown good seed. In the night, an enemy comes and plants weeds, so when the crop grows it is a mixture of wheat and weed. The servants’ instinct is to pull the weeds out, but the master demands that the bad grow alongside the good … he himself will sort the
In one ear and out of the other,” is an expression that could be applied to most of us, for at least some of the time. Today’s gospel is about the difference between simply hearing something and really listening. Jesus uses the parable of the sower and the seeds to illustrate the different ways in which God’s word can be received … or not! Firstly
How often do we laughingly say, “….Out of the mouths of babes!” We usually say it when one of the junior members of our family has stated a glaring or embarrassing truth. To children the truth is black and white, but the older we get the more we tend to complicate issues that really ought to be very simple. Perhaps we want to dress up
Many years ago, I heard a sermon in which the priest made this peculiar, yet intriguing statement: ‘Water is thicker than blood’. He was referring to the question poses in today’s second reading from his letter to the Romans: Are you unaware that we who were baptised into Christ Jesus were baptised into his death? We were buried with him through baptism….… so that… we
Some people leave their homes and go to work with the poorest of the poor in far flung third world countries …. but we are not those people. Some people fund raise tirelessly day in and day out for those who are sick or homeless and living in poverty …. but we are not those people. Some people campaign endlessly to end injustice and cruelty
